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It's infuriating how fast we went from "if you have a computer because you can afford one at all" to "if you have a computer because you even bother to use one in the age of smartphones"
I see where you come from, but mobile phones are much better devices than computers for most of the people:
On Lemmy most of the people are desktop enthusiasts running Linux, but it makes sense that other people moved on
After my sister's college laptop died, she only had a phone for over a decade and got by just fine.
I work in IT and I enjoy programming. No way I can live without a computer (a desktop computer, in particular).
I get the computer part but why a desktop in particular? Especially for programming it shouldn't make a difference.
You obviously are not a touch typist. I am.
Laptop keyboards are, as someone said, like running barefoot on cement: you can do it for short periods, but if you do it for a long time you start feeling the effects. I need to use a full width keyboard to be confortable programming. And not any full width keyboard; I need the ones where the keys are sculpted and their curvature varies (like the inside of a sphere) depending of the position of the keyboard. That way I can have a good feedback of the position of my fingers, again, without needing to watch the keyboard. If I'm going to connect a full keyboard to a laptop, I may well get a full desktop computer.
Why a desktop:
easier to use
Let me introduce you to spreadsheets, video-editing (advanced, not just simple), music notation, and many other forms...
@Blaze is right, that most people's personal computer scope of usage doesn't reach far beyond scrolling through Facebook and paying bills once a month. A phone is perfectly well fit for that. Tech-savvy nerds of Lemmy such as myself or you have more requirements and scenarios where they need a more comfortable, powerful and capable device.
I use Linux as my main OS.
I still see that people around me use their phones for almost everything.
The tasks mentioned above make sense on a work computer, but most people leave the work computer at work and use their phones on their free time.